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CSPC Group and AstraZeneca Partner to Develop siRNA Drugs in ~$1.77B Deal

Shots: CSPC & AstraZeneca have entered into a strategic collaboration, option & license agreement to leverage CSPC’s siRNA discovery & extrahepatic targeted delivery platforms to develop novel small nucleic acid therapeutics CSPC & AstraZeneca will jointly discover & develop preclinical candidates for two renal disease targets, with AstraZeneca holding options for global/ex-China rights to each…

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Insilico Medicine Collaborates with Takeda to Advance AI Drug Discovery

Shots: Insilico Medicine has entered into a strategic collaboration agreement with Takeda to advance clinically differentiated drug candidates across Takeda's therapeutic areas, using Insilico’s Pharma.AI platform Insilico will lead AI-driven discovery, while Takeda will advance selected candidates through clinical development & hold exclusive worldwide rights to develop, manufacture, & commercialize resulting therapeutics As per the…

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Antares Therapeutics Inks ~$1.9B Deal with Novartis for Undruggable Oncology Targets

Shots: Antares Therapeutics has entered into a strategic collaboration with Novartis to discover, develop & commercialize small molecule therapies against undruggable oncology targets Antares will lead research & apply its discovery engine to a select number of historically undruggable targets until option exercise, while continuing to advance its wholly owned & partnered precision medicine pipeline…

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Combotope Therapeutics and Boehringer Ingelheim Collaborate on Next-Generation Cancer Antibody Therapies

Shots: BI has entered into a strategic research collaboration with Combotope to leverage its SMART-Phage platform to produce highly tumor-selective antibodies for next-generation cancer therapies Combotope will discover tumor-selective, high-affinity antibodies against multiple BI oncology targets, while BI will hold global development & commercialization rights, and lead further R&D, manufacturing, & commercialization activities As per…

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Abbisko Therapeutics Inks ~$1.9B Multi-Target R&D Deal with Eli Lilly

Shots: Abbisko Therapeutics has entered into a strategic research collaboration & license agreement with Eli Lilly to discover & develop novel therapeutics across multiple targets Abbisko will leverage its early-stage drug discovery platform, R&D ecosystem, & development expertise to conduct discovery & early-stage development of novel therapeutics against disease targets selected by Lilly As per…

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Takeda Partners with Boltz to Advance AI-Driven Drug Discovery

Shots: Boltz has partnered with Takeda to deploy its biomolecular AI platform across Takeda’s research organization, providing discovery teams access to proprietary foundation models, incl. BoltzMol-1 & BoltzProt-1, to accelerate AI-driven drug discovery The platform is designed to support in-silico molecular design, enabling structure prediction, affinity estimation, and generative design to enhance AI-driven drug discovery…

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LabGenius Therapeutics and LG Chem Collaborate to Develop an AI/ML-Designed Tumour-Targeting Antibody

Shots: LabGenius has entered into a multi-year research collaboration, option & licensing agreement with LG Chem to identify next-generation multispecific antibodies for difficult-to-treat cancers, leveraging LabGenius’ AI/ML-driven antibody discovery platform, EVA As per the licensing deal, LabGenius will lead preclinical research, incl. in vitro efficacy studies, after which LG Chem will conduct further preclinical development, incl.…

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Jazz Pharmaceuticals and AbCellera Collaborate to Discover T-cell Engaging Multispecific Antibodies

Shots: Jazz has entered into a preclinical research collaboration, option & license agreement with AbCellera to discover & develop next-generation T-cell engaging (TCE) multispecific antibodies for GI cancer & other solid tumors, leveraging AbCellera’s antibody discovery engine  AbCellera will lead discovery & early-stage research for 2 initial programs, with a third to start within…

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Protillion Biosciences and Merck Enter ~$510M Drug Discovery Collaboration

Shots: Protillion has entered into a multi-target discovery collaboration & license agreement with Merck, integrating Protillion’s Prot-MaP technology with Merck’s global expertise in the discovery of novel therapeutic candidates As per the deal, Protillion will receive an undisclosed upfront payment & ~$510M in research, development, & commercial milestone payments for the successful development of multiple…

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XtalPi Secures Over $400M Partnership to Develop GPCR-Targeted Small Molecule Therapy

Shots: XtalPi has entered into a strategic partnership with a biopharmaceutical company to develop an oral small molecule against G protein-coupled receptor XtalPi will leverage its structure-based drug design platform, combining quantum physics, generative AI, large-scale automated chemical synthesis orchestrated by a multi-agent system to accelerate Design-Make-Test-Analyze (DMTA) cycles As per the deal, XtalPi will receive…

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